If my career were a hairstyle, it would be helmet-head.

I study Carl Jung, who talks a lot about the shadow side, the repressed side. I think the scariest thing in the world is repression. There's plenty to be idealistic about, but we have to be aware of all sides of ourselves, and there are definitely shadows in all of us.

It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one.

When man decides he can control nature, he's in deep trouble

I'm lucky enough that directors sometimes seek me out for little projects that people don't even know about, that just surface later on.

Virginia Mayo had kind of a small role in The Best Years of Our Lives, but you got the whole character in one scene. Where are those parts? I was talking to somebody about great actors: Morgan Freeman's name came up, Forest Whitaker, Denzel Washington. And I realized, there're no black actresses. Where's there a black actress who's been extremely successful in the past 10 years?

There is so much in the world to care about.